Re movie deviations from actual life--there is such a thing as willing suspension of disbelief...which is not to say that actors filmed in a car on a process trailer as though they're actualy driving--with the shift lever clearly in "Park"--drives me nuts. And only in the movies do people get in and out of the driver's seat on the passenger side rather than go around to the driver's door as is usally done.... For instance,


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jx...w=w894-h679-no


Action here:
https://ok.ru/video/32652855978?fromTime=279

We're revisiting a location with Julius Shulman today. This is "Job 408: Stiles Oliver Clements, Citizens National Bank, 1949".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original

I only realized which branch this was when I spotted Coulters in the background of the image above. Can you still get served in a bank in under 20 minutes?

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original

The other shot shows a reverse view. I've tweaked the contrast quite a bit, but it's still not great.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original

Both from Getty Research Institute

Here's the front of the bank which I posted just over a year ago. The full post, which includes the building permit and a look at the building currently on the site, can be found here.

A new article in the L.A. Weekly discusses:

L.A.'s 10 Most Iconic Buildings That Have Been Destroyed
by Hadley Meares

Los Angeles is a forgetful city. We are continually reinventing ourselves, rebranding and rebuilding. In this process of perpetual forward motion, buildings that once symbolized an architectural movement, civic pride, a neighborhood’s identity or an industry’s progress are often torn down, with little regard for their past importance. By looking at the history of the most famous of these forgotten buildings, we can learn not only about L.A.’s architectural past but its boundless, highly innovative — and disposable — future.

http://www.laweekly.com/news/histori...n-down-8118824

Whenever lists of anything are published, I like to know what criteria is used
in assembling them. Most articles with lists don't ever say, but here are the ten:
Any comments?


Paul de Longpre Mansion

Hollywood Hotel

Garden of Allah

Pickfair

Ambassador Hotel

Marion Davies Beach House

The Brown Derby

Richfield Tower

Pan Pacific Auditorium

Gateway West Building

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Personally, I'd have to place "NBC Radio City" on the list.

:previous: The only one I don't recognize is the Gateway West Building. :shrug: What's that?

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Modern day noirish actor....James Dean, also known for his NY style ''method acting".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psoxrhtors.gif

"Rebel Without A Cause".....1955, Warner Bros., filmed in Warner Color.

I had to look that one up too - you can see the Wikipedia page here. It was "the first high-rise building erected in Century City", designed by Welton Becket, and demolished in 2015.

The destruction of The Richfield Tower was borderline criminal.

Respectfully, Gaylord, I can recall my parents getting in on the passenger side and sliding across the seat to the steering wheel when our car was parked on a busy or narrow street. Of course it was just one long seat then, no bucket seats yet. It also wasn't uncommon to have a kid (me!) seated between them with no seat belt!

Horatio Nelson Rust / Gold of Ophir roses
 

Thank you oldstuff and e_r:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/75...g=w407-h592-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ub...Q=w569-h632-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sH...w=w570-h199-no
find a grave

The Gateway West Building might have been important for the beginnings of Century City, but as a building itself, not so much. A Gateway East building was constructed right across the street, built a year later. The best thing was that there were two identical buildings at the corner (entrance) to Century City on the Avenue of the Stars and a "Gateway Arch" to walk over the Avenue.

Below is a 1967 view of the area. #1 & #2 are Gateway East and West respectively.

http://waterandpower.org/6%20Histori..._City_1967.jpg
Century City Chamber of Comerce

Without the clutter of buildings now in Century City they look impressive enough in the photo, but maybe there wasn't too much fuss about this one being demolished because there's a twin of it across the street. Personally, I like the Gateway East better because of the water feature it has fronting Avenue of Stars.

Looking at that photo, it's amazing how much the area has grown in over 50 years with dozens of high-rises and current plans for many more. Looking at car commercials on TV I'd say a huge percentage of them are filmed in Century City. The streets are nearly empty there at night and during the day on weekends and moreso now that the Shubert Theatre and Plitt Century Plaza movie theatres are gone, part of the ABC Entertainment Center that was entirely demolished.

Gateway West
 

:previous:

Yes, you beat me to it. Most odd, to decry one of a pair:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HQ...A=w800-h565-no
gsv

If it had been the 1971 heartbreaker we all still call the Carlsberg building (above and below), I would have been full of regret:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eH...g=w761-h468-no
ziffrenlaw

Designed by Matlin and Dvoetsky. Originally covered in bronze glass, the building was artfully reclad by Barton Myers Associates.

Speaking of Ray Bradbury, I just read an article from 2 years ago about his own house in Cheviot Hills (where he lived for 50 years) being demolished by its new owner, architect Thom Mayne.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/u...tory.html?_r=0

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...dburyHouse.jpg
The Bradbury House in 2014 (photo by Byron Espinoza/Results Real Estate Group).

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...eviot%20Dr.jpg
Current Google street view of the new house under construction.

I don't understand how this new construction house ever got approved by the city. Although I like its form and style, its nothing harmonious with even one of the nearby homes in that area. I admire this modern design but its wildly visually jarring in this neighborhood.

In the past week or so we saw some great motorcycle-centric snapshots
so I thought I'd look for a few items.




I found this neat decal the other day.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/God5i3.jpg
http://socalvoc.com/wp-content/uploa...yDistrict.jpeg



After a little further digging....

Here are a couple snapshots taken in front of the Bay District motorcycle dealership.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/FeRm3B.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aWWlul47h6...black+prince+3


"1955. In front of Jack Baldwin's shop. Bay District Motorcycles on Pico in Santa Monica. Does anyone have any more info on the shop?
Seems like a good place to hang out. I see bobbed fenders for days!" -Flathead Jedd



In this second rather washed-out snap, a young man tries the motorcycle on for size. (I'm pretty sure it's the same bike in the 1st pic)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/mHD8QR.jpg
http://www.chopcult.com/news/blogs/a...-10-51-03.html

Across the street you may have noticed the giant green pickle!


It turns out that's an eating place called Pickle Bill's.



Here's an earlier photograph of the joint.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/evEHVm.jpg
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/354940014364470142/


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/uAVJOg.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/Z0CkPR.jpg

Does anyone remember this place?
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Thanks for the information on Horatio Rust oldstuff & t2. I appreciate it.

"His home had long been noted for the rare and beautiful plants surrounding it.
Two wonderful 'Gold of Ophir' rose bushes planted by Major Rust have become world famous
and have been photographed hundreds of times."

I believe I found the location of Horatio's famous bushes!

in the 1888 city directory
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/yQ8bgd.jpg
lapl

It's almost 2 AM here, so I'll leave it to others (t2?) to see if there are any traces of the great Gold of Ophir rose bushes.


otherwise/ I'll google-earth-it tomorrow. :)
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Monterey Road and Fair Oaks Blvd, South Pasadena:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jJ...A=w877-h469-no
google

After one gets back from the commercial strip there are many very pretty blocks of homes in all directions. I checked out some closest to the intersection, but could not find the Rust home. The Rust place is described as a "ranch" in what I've read, so it's not going to be a house on an ordinary lot. Also read that his family ran the nursery he started for 60 years. There must be pix:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Vq...g=w669-h416-no
discovernikkei



BTW, here's a very interesting article about Pasadena-area pioneer Abolitionists (including HN Rust) and formerly-enslaved people:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ji...w=w571-h541-no
hometown pasadena

If we're talking "iconic", why isn't Lugo House on this list? Literally hundreds of structures spring to mind, plus whole hills, neighborhoods, people, springs, waterways, streets and stairways etc., plus one very big tree.

I wouldn't include the Delongpre or Davies places and certainly not Gateway West. Probably not Pickfair either.

The really annoying thing about lists like this is that there's no acknowledgement that we lose the irreplaceable every day, that the damage is ongoing and very, very harmful.

However, I have a list of thousands I'd like to see demolished. Between eyesores and our 10K empty lots, I don't see why anything decent is under threat.

Not so much a problem with location shooting but rather scene continuity--How many times have you seen an actor with a glass of liquid that keeps changing filled levels after a camera shift and without the actor actually drinking. This also is common for lengths of cigarettes being smoked. Don't film editors notice this while processing, or do they think it just won't get noticed? Maybe they just don't care.

The size and age of trees are also tough to get around for period pieces. Union Station has been used in numerous films but the palm trees in front are obviously taller than they would have been for the time periods of many of those films.